Translations from the Chinese/A Letter to His Friend Ho Kum
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A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND HO KUM
I WAS interested in New York
By the theatre advertisements,
And the skill with which
The critics notices are utilized.
There was a play called Nancy Knocks Her Knees.
The Lens wrote: "This play is extraordinary pestilent rot,
Only by the tragically inappropriate talent of Mr. Soandso
Is there an occasional flash of humor."
I thought to myself:
That show is done for, and a good job, too."
The next day I read the advertisements.
They said:
"Extraordinary . . . humor."—Lens.